Okla. Admin. Code § 175:10-3-40

Current through Vol. 42, No. 8, January 2, 2025

Section 175:10-3-40 - Curriculum and training requirements for cosmetology and barbering courses

(a) Curriculum training shall include the study of electricity, safety measures and chemistry and must be carried through all classes in which it is used. Mannequin practice must be given to each student.

(b) A student who has completed the training in the Basic courses in a cosmetology and/or barbering school or as an apprentice who completed the course in an Establishment, must have had required amount of patron practice by working under actual cosmetology/barbering Establishment conditions to that he should be able to:

(1) perform any ordinary operation satisfactorily and in the same amount of time customarily allotted to that operation in an Establishment.

(2) conduct a consultation on any ordinary cosmetology or barbering subject and prescribe proper treatment.

(3) mix any preparation used in an Establishment.

(c) Establishment management must include purchasing, price determination, selling, appointment scheduling, dispensing of supplies and personal management.

(d) The teaching of wig styling and hairpieces shall consist of training in the proper fitting, dressing, styling and arranging of wigs and hairpieces.

(e) State Cosmetology and Barbering Law and Board rules and regulations must be taught in all courses.

(f) A school owner shall maintain an adequate dispensary room with supplies necessary for school operation and student training.

(g) A student enrolled in a school shall not be allowed to work on the public until such time as he has received at least 150 clock hours or equivalent number of credit hours of training spent in classroom theory and in mannequin or student practice under the direct supervision of a licensed instructor.

(h) A Basic Cosmetology or Barber student who fails to complete the course and registers in the Manicurist, Cosmetician, or Facialist course may be credited with 10% of the previously accumulated hours. A Manicurist, Cosmetician,, Facialist or Barber student who fails to complete the course and registers in the Basic Cosmetology or Barber course may be credited with 10% of the previously accumulated hours.

(i) If a person who holds a current Board license and registers in any course other than a Master Instructor course, credit of 224 clock hours is allowed.

(j) Cosmetology and Barber schools must teach the curriculum for each course approved by the Board. A copy of current curriculum must be on file with the Board. The curriculum must be proven by a schedule which must be posted, followed and made available to students. The schedule may be interrupted for a period not to exceed more than eight (8) hours per month for assembly purposes.

(k) If a school stays open more than eight (8) hours per day, a curriculum and schedule must be submitted to the Board covering extra hours.

(l) An evening school cannot be approved unless information as to the instructors in charge and a curriculum and schedule for each course to be taught is submitted to the Board before beginning evening classes. A student may attend both day and evening classes provided the entire time does not exceed eight (8) hours daily. A schedule must be submitted to each student training in such manner.

(m) Each manager, instructor or other person shall exercise the greatest care in keeping his person, all instruments used in school in the cleanest possible condition. Each must be knowledgeable of the more communicable diseases and the techniques necessary to prevent the transmission of disease.

Okla. Admin. Code § 175:10-3-40

Amended at 10 Ok Reg 2679, eff 7-1-93; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 3608, eff 8-19-99 (emergency); Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2334, eff 7-1-00; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 1558, eff 7-1-03; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 1002, eff 7-1-04

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 31, Issue 24, September 2, 2014, eff. 11/1/2014

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 32, Issue 24, September 1, 2015, eff. 9/11/2015

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 38, Issue 23, August 16, 2021, eff. 8/26/2021